Fostering excellence through EMHS learning and development
Commitment to professional growth
We are committed to developing the potential of our people through learning and development, leadership training and on the job opportunities that grow a workforce that is highly skilled, professional and ethical, with excellence at its core.
Our Learning and Organisational Development team delivers on this commitment to grow the capability of our people, which in turn impacts patient outcomes. Our training is delivered in a contemporary setting offering both interactive face to face workshops as well as an extensive suite of online digital packages and resources. The proficiency and professional growth of our workforce are pivotal in maintaining excellence in healthcare delivery.
Key achievements included:
A comprehensive Managers and Supervisors Toolkit is the start of a series of resources designed to help both new and experienced managers. Transitioning to managing a team for the first time can be a significant shift, bringing with it a new set of responsibilities and challenges. This toolkit, comprising of 17 modules, has been designed to support our new managers/supervisors through this journey, outlining the responsibilities and expectations of a managerial role, emphasising the importance of defining responsibilities and clarifying expectations between employees and their own manager.
We are proud to offer our in-house tailor-made leadership and management programs designed to lift the individual competence and combined capability of our leaders across EMHS. 2023-24 saw 470 staff attend various courses, workshops and programs.
MyLearning turns three
Since July 2023, our digital MyLearning Team has trained 160 tutors/trainers with the ability to manage participation of mandatory training and reporting. As a result, a further 1,963 professional courses or resources have been created.
Our enterprise learning management system, MyLearning, continued to grow and March 2024 marked its third anniversary. A further 143 online modules and 1,820 face-to-face courses have been developed and released, covering topics from wellbeing to digital leadership and essential training for staff.
The MyLearning Team also supported enrolled nurses (ENs) at Royal Perth Hospital and Bentley Health Service in making the necessary changes to online training material to support a significant change to the role of ENs in medication management. ENs are now able to upskill themselves on changes to the expansion of practice and practice expectations.
Medical procedures live streamed in WA teaching first
We entered a new era in medical education this year.
Technology was harnessed to live stream endoscopy procedures at Royal Perth Hospital (RPH) to an international medical audience who watched on the large screen in the hospital’s Bruce Hunt Lecture Theatre.
Seven real time procedures were part of a one-day endoscopy conference in December 2023, which complemented lectures from local, national and international experts.
The Endoscopy Masterclass was designed by RPH clinicians Professor Krish Ragunath and Dr Niroshan Muwanwella and was reported in the Australian Medical Association Journal.
It was attended by surgeons, physicians, gastroenterologists, trainee doctors, endoscopy nurses, speech pathologists and physiologists from WA, other parts of Australia, New Zealand, Japan and the United Kingdom.
The procedures provided a new dimension to traditional lectures.
“When you don’t just talk about a procedure but actually demonstrate how to do it, that sits in your mind better,” Professor Ragunath said.
“The integration of lecturing and on-the-ground commentary during the live endoscopy procedures was especially appreciated by the delegates.”
Presentations of note included those by Dr Peter Wu from Sydney’s St George Hospital, Dr Bu Hayee from Kings College in London and Assistant Professor Yuto Shimamura from Showa University Hospital in Tokyo.
Dr Wu pioneered minimally invasive endoscopic therapy for people with Parkinson’s who have difficulty swallowing. His talk was coupled with a live demonstration of the procedure by Dr Muwanwella.
Endoscopy is a procedure where a doctor passes a thin camera into a person’s body, allowing them to examine the organs and diagnose and treat some conditions. There are many different types of endoscopy.
